Decorated tile.



F. ALCAN.

DECORATED TILE.

APPLlCATlON man JULY 30,1913.

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FELIX ALCAN, F ZANESVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN ENCAUSTIC TILING COMPANY, LTD., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1917.

Application filed July 30, 1913. Serial No. raises.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FLIx ALOAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Zanesville, county of Muskingum, and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and-useful Decorated Tile, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a decorated tile, or analogous article, the exposed face of which is coated to produce a highly decorative and artistic appearance.

It has been common practice heretofore to impart a glazed surface to tiles for use on walls, ceilings and other places, but to my knowledge no one has proposed or attempted to carry forward the decoration of the tile to secure the efiect hereinafter described beyond glazing the. same.

In a companion application filed by me on even date herewith I have disclosed a decorative finish for tiles and similar articles comprising a coating, preferably of glaze, with which is incorporated a gritty substance, preferably non-metallic, with or r; ithout the addition of coloring matter. A coating of the character described produces a stippled and slightl irregular surface on the article, which sur ace is of a permanent character owing to the protection accorded to the grit and the pigment by the glaze.

The present invention produces on the coated surface-a mottled or stippled eifect, with a slightly irregular and roughened face, by incorporating in a coating, preferably of glaze, a finely divided substance of a metallic nature, the minute particles of which are retained permanently by the glaze or other coating so as to form an inseparable and non-eft'aceable ingredient of such decorative surface.

in the drawings, I

Figure l is aplan view of a tile with a decorative coating applied thereto in accordance with this invention, and

Fig. 2 is a sectional View thereof.

As shown, tile A is provided with a deco rated surface B, the same comprising a coating having small articles of a metallic nature incorporated therewith.

The material composin the coating is usually a liquid or semi-l1quid glaze composition ordinarily. used for glazing tiles, or the like.

The substance incorporated with the glaze is non-fusible at the relatively high temperatures required to bring said glaze into A suitable quantity ofthis metal coated grit is supplied to the glaze composition, and the mass is then agitated in a suitable manner, preferably by mechanical means, so as to mechanically suspend the metal coated particles in the mixture and to diffuse the same thoroughly and uniformly through such mixture.

The glaze in liquid or semi-liquid condition and containing the metal coated particles suspended therein is applied to the surface of the tile, or other article, in the usual manner, or by appropriate means, after which the tile is fired or burned as is usual in the art.

The result is a tile coated with glaze containing metal particles. characterized by a lustrous mottled or stippled efiect, and by a slightly roughened or irregular elfect, the roughening being perceptible to the touch, such coating being impervious to heat, moisture or climatic changes. The glaze serves to attach the particles of metal coated grlt, permanently so that the latter constitute an inseparable,

part of the decorative surface.

The use of the particles of metal coated grits, in the glaze andapplied as a coating to tiles enables me to dispense with a suit-' able color, for the reason that said metal coated grit becomes oxidized, or may be artificially oxidized by heat, so as to secure a natural lustrous color, which imparts a highly ornamental appearance to the decorated surface.

Obviously, the tile is composed of suitable material, such as clay or glass. Furthermore the application of glaze as a basic coating to clay or ceramic tiles produces a polished surface decoration thereon, but the luster of this glossy surface is substantially increased and the artistic eflect is greatly enhanced by incorporating the metal coated grit with the glaze.

Having thus fully described the inventlon,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A decorated surface for tiles, and analogous articles, comprising a coating of glaze having non-fusible metal'coated grits lliCOIPOI'iltQd therein and covered by such aze. 1 g 2. A decorated surface for tiles, and analogous articles, comprising a coating of glaze having particles of metal coated grit substantially diffused throughout the glaze and permanently united thereby to the article.

3. A decorated surface for tiles, and analogous articles, comprising a coating of glaze having a metal coated grit in a finely divided state incorporated therewith.

4. A lustrous decorated surface for tiles, and analogous article, comprising a lustrous coating of glaze free from artificial color oxidized metalized and having metalized grits incorporated therewith.

5. A lustrous decorated surface for tiles and other articles, comprising a coating of glaze free from artificial color and having grits incorporated therewith.

6. A composition for tiles and other articles comprising a glaze fusible at relatively high temperatures and metalized grits incorporated with the glaze and infusible therein at a temperature which renders said glaze fusible.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FELIX ALCAN.

Witnesses:

M. C. RODRIGUEZ, H. T. BERNBURG. 

